Politics Book Summaries

On War Summary
On War
by Carl von Clausewitz 1832 732 pages
3.96
14.1K ratings
History
Philosophy
War
Yes We (Still) Can Summary
Yes We (Still) Can
Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump
by Dan Pfeiffer 2018 304 pages
4.16
7.9K ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
Crouching Tiger Summary
Crouching Tiger
What China's Militarism Means for the World
by Peter Navarro 2015 336 pages
4.05
215 ratings
China
Politics
History
The Rejected Stone Summary
The Rejected Stone
Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership
by Al Sharpton 2013 272 pages
4.17
146 ratings
Politics
Memoir
African American
Soros on Soros Summary
Soros on Soros
Staying Ahead of the Curve
by George Soros 1994 336 pages
3.75
606 ratings
Finance
Biography
Economics
Becoming Kim Jong Un Summary
Becoming Kim Jong Un
A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator
by Jung H. Pak 2020 336 pages
3.77
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Men Without Work Summary
Men Without Work
America's Invisible Crisis
by Nicholas Eberstadt 2016 216 pages
3.42
475 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
Under the Influence Summary
Under the Influence
Putting Peer Pressure to Work
by Robert H. Frank 2020 311 pages
3.75
151 ratings
Psychology
Economics
Sociology
God's Bankers Summary
God's Bankers
A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
by Gerald Posner 2015 752 pages
3.98
1.5K ratings
History
Religion
Politics
Blowout Summary
Blowout
by Rachel Maddow 2019 400 pages
4.34
15.5K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Aristocracy of Talent Summary
The Aristocracy of Talent
How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
by Adrian Wooldridge 2021 481 pages
3.88
482 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018 240 pages
3.74
152 ratings
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Summary
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft 1792 269 pages
3.92
26.0K ratings
Feminism
Classics
Philosophy
Why Americans Hate Politics Summary
Why Americans Hate Politics
by E.J. Dionne Jr. 1991 432 pages
3.88
215 ratings
Politics
Political Science
American
Step Across This Line Summary
Step Across This Line
Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
by Salman Rushdie 2002 416 pages
3.93
1.2K ratings
Essays
India
Politics
Sugar Summary
Sugar
The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity
by James Walvin 2017 352 pages
3.44
552 ratings
History
Food
Science
Churchill Summary
Churchill
The Power of Words: His Remarkable Life Recounted Through His Writings and Speeches
by Winston S. Churchill 2012 536 pages
4.26
530 ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Islam and Democracy Summary
Islam and Democracy
Fear of the Modern World
by Fatema Mernissi 1992 197 pages
3.78
193 ratings
Islam
Politics
Religion
Politics As a Vocation Summary
Politics As a Vocation
by Max Weber 2013 52 pages
3.79
597 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Capital City Summary
Capital City
Gentrification and the Real Estate State
by Samuel Stein 2019 202 pages
3.93
1.6K ratings
Politics
Urban Planning
Economics
The Age of Turbulence Summary
The Age of Turbulence
by Alan Greenspan 2007 575 pages
3.65
7.2K ratings
Economics
Biography
Business
International Relations Summary
International Relations
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Wilkinson 2007 160 pages
3.32
738 ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
Our Choice Summary
Our Choice
A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis
by Al Gore 2008 416 pages
3.99
857 ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
END OF OIL Summary
END OF OIL
by Paul Roberts 2004 412 pages
3.74
1.1K ratings
Politics
Science
Environment
Stress Test Summary
Stress Test
Reflections on Financial Crises
by Timothy F. Geithner 2014 592 pages
4.08
5.3K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
International Law Summary
International Law
by Malcolm N. Shaw 1991 1434 pages
4.20
418 ratings
Law
International Relations
Textbooks
Churchill Summary
Churchill
Walking with Destiny
by Andrew Roberts 2018 1105 pages
4.37
10.5K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957 576 pages
4.19
426 ratings
History
Biography
American History
Surprise, Kill, Vanish Summary
Surprise, Kill, Vanish
The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins
by Annie Jacobsen 2019 560 pages
4.33
6.1K ratings
History
Military Fiction
Politics
Green Philosophy Summary
Green Philosophy
How to Think Seriously About the Planet
by Roger Scruton 2011 464 pages
3.89
428 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Environment
Political Philosophy Summary
Political Philosophy
A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians
by Adam Swift 2001 208 pages
3.92
406 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Academic
Waste Land Summary
Waste Land
A World in Permanent Crisis
by Robert D. Kaplan 2025 224 pages
3.74
307 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Pakistan on the Brink Summary
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
by Ahmed Rashid 2012 256 pages
3.78
901 ratings
Politics
Pakistan
History
How to Win a Cosmic War Summary
How to Win a Cosmic War
God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror
by Reza Aslan 2009 228 pages
3.99
1.7K ratings
Religion
Politics
History
Vanishing Frontiers Summary
Vanishing Frontiers
The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together
by Andrew Selee 2018 336 pages
3.90
124 ratings
Politics
Business
History
The Decline and Rise of Democracy Summary
The Decline and Rise of Democracy
A Global History from Antiquity to Today
by David Stasavage 2020 424 pages
3.83
199 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Last Shah Summary
The Last Shah
America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty
by Ray Takeyh 2021 336 pages
3.94
144 ratings
History
Iran
Politics
How the Other Half Banks Summary
How the Other Half Banks
Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2015 336 pages
4.11
611 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Age of Sustainable Development Summary
The Age of Sustainable Development
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2015 544 pages
4.22
840 ratings
Economics
Sustainability
Politics
Dreamland Summary
Dreamland
The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
by Sam Quinones 2015 384 pages
4.23
31.4K ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft Summary
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft
A Guide to Getting Out
by Aph Ko 2019 168 pages
4.48
294 ratings
Race
Vegan
Social Justice
Rethinking Capitalism Summary
Rethinking Capitalism
Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
by Michael Jacobs 2016 224 pages
4.03
117 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Persuasive Pro Life Summary
Persuasive Pro Life
How to Talk about Our Culture's Toughest Issue
by Trent Horn 2014 208 pages
4.60
388 ratings
Catholic
Religion
Politics
Adam and Eve After the Pill Summary
Adam and Eve After the Pill
Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
by Mary Eberstadt 2012 175 pages
3.98
498 ratings
Catholic
Sociology
Philosophy
Interventions 2020 Summary
Interventions 2020
by Michel Houellebecq 2020 371 pages
3.58
515 ratings
Essays
Politics
France
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis Summary
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis
by Ben S. Bernanke 2013 144 pages
4.15
435 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Emperor Wears No Clothes Summary
The Emperor Wears No Clothes
The Authoritative Historical Record of Cannabis and the Conspiracy Against Marijuana
by Jack Herer 1992 291 pages
4.47
896 ratings
History
Politics
Science
The Sellout Summary
The Sellout
How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System
by Charles Gasparino 2009 553 pages
3.88
286 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Not for Sale Summary
Not for Sale
The Return of the Global Slave Tradeβ€”and How We Can Fight It
by David Batstone 2007 320 pages
4.24
1.9K ratings
Social Justice
Politics
History
The Big Change Summary
The Big Change
America Transforms Itself, 1900-50
by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 pages
3.94
217 ratings
History
American History
Economics
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